pothouse

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noun

A business where alcoholic beverages and often food are served: a bar, a public house, a saloon, a tavern.

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public housepubsaloongin milltaphouse
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Meanings

nounpothouse (plural pothouses)

plural pothouses · alternative pot-house

  1. A business where alcoholic beverages and often food are served: a bar, a public house, a saloon, a tavern.

Synonyms & antonyms

nountavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

Similar
public housepubsaloongin milltaphouse
Broader
taverntap house
Also see
gin millpubpublic housesaloontaphouse

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From pot + house.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

housetop
Cite this entry
APA

pothouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pothouse

MLA

“pothouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pothouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pothouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pothouse.

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